Notes from public school - day 115

“You should have a little voice in your head that says, ‘Mr. Barton want me to be the best person I can be and do the best work I can do.’ Do you hear that voice?”

These are things I say and questions I ask day after day for the 180 days of the school year.

I try to teach my students what they can say to themselves to help them grow as people and as students.

I try to teach them that the way they talk to themselves matters.

I try to teach them that their thoughts matter.

I try to teach myself, too.

I try to practice what I teach.

This is a part of the whole of being a teacher.

All in a day in public school.